Remittances and agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso

Finagnon Antoine Dedewanou and Rolande C. B. Kpekou Tossou

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022, vol. 44, issue 3, 1573-1590

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the interplay between remittances and agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso. We estimate a Bayesian instrumental variables model using data from the 2014 Living Standards Measurement Study. We consider three measures of agricultural productivity: total production, total production per unit of land, and total production per unit of labor. Whatever the measure used, our results reveal a significant and negative association between remittances and agricultural productivity. We show that this effect is robust with respect to misspecification of the production function.

Date: 2022
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